Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The top layer or course of a masonry wall, usually having a slanting upper surface to shed water; a cope.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The top or cover of a wall, usually made Sloping to Shed the water.
- noun In ship-building, the turning of the ends of iron lodging-knees so as to hook into the beams, and thus ease the strain upon the necks of the bolts when the vessel rolls.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called
capping .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture The top
layer of a brickwall , especially one that slopes in order to throw off water - noun psychology the process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate
stress orconflict . - verb Present participle of
cope .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Trauma social workers are available to assist families in coping with the psychological impact of trauma.
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Since all of our patients enjoy a good quality of life and few exhibit negative coping behaviors, a developmental component to coping is suggested.
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In this episode, I politely and sophisticatedly assist my friend Sean in coping with Capcom's decision to offer a versus mode for Resident Evil 5 for five bucks, and support him in forming a constructive action plan.
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She is available to provide emotional support and assist in coping with the stress of a chronic illness.
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In this episode, I politely and sophisticatedly assist my friend Sean in coping with Capcom's decision to offer a versus mode for Resident Evil 5 for five bucks, and support him in forming a constructive action plan.
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People in Florida are fearful of the economic future, and one way they are coping is by buying guns.
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Children with life-challenging medical problems need help in coping with their fears and anxieties.
Children's books address sibling issues, listed by topic and illness 2010
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Dörnyei comments “the most effective way for teachers to demonstrate awareness of learning styles is to be sensitive to the students differential time requirements in coping with certain types of tasks … the idea that different students need varying amounts of time to achieve certain learning objectives is one of the most basic at the same time rather neglected principles of educational psychology” (p. 158).
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Social workers at the Sickle Cell Center provide a wide range of services related to psychosocial needs in coping with chronic illness as well as navigation through hospital and insurance systems.
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The meeting focused on the struggles of community police agencies in coping with unlawful immigration and related crime.
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